"The Ralston Family Disappeared In The National Parks. This Is What Happened" | Creepypasta

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[@LibertyBelleVA2]

This narrator, he is more like a voice actor at times. When he isn't setting the tone for the story, he is creating a personality via his voice for the characters. Other than that, he sounds like your next door neighbor, friendly guy, going out to run errands and mow the lawn. He gets other talented narrators to help with creating other characters sometimes. Good stuff!

[@TaylerBootz]

This is what make him one of my favorites. I can't stand bland narrators. Near voice acting narrators are the only ones I subscribe to. Love to Lighthouse.

[@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551]

Not " at times " He is " always " a voice actor, I have been with him since he had under 30 thousand subs and since the beginning I have been saying his is an amazing voice actor, He should really get an agent and try to get work in cartoons and Video games Etc with this channel and what ever else he has done He has an amazing resume, He could land major TV and movie rolls, the sky is the limit, and his channel here for now is only growing and getting better all the time

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[@redfishbluefish9337]

Imagine if he collaborated with dark somnium, it would truly be something

[@bestboy138]

It sounds like the Ralstons were abducted and replaced by a family of demonic shape shifting plasma monsters. It happens.

[@stephaniedandridge1716]

I listened to this while I was on the road driving alone and have not been this creeped out in a LONG time!!! I need more!!!! 😂😂

[@donethatbefore100]

😨

[@peninahkariuki1136]

😅😅

[@donethatbefore100]

Strange how we like that sick thrill of being scared. I like a good storm, too. Guess it safer than bungee jumping or zip lines!!!

[@flordeamapolita]

This creeped me out. I live by a wooded area, technically it's biking trails and wider walking paths. There's quite a lot of wildlife for a major city; deer, coyotes, foxes plus the usual ones. Now every time I look out my back yard I'm going to think about this

[@arthas640]

Same. Stories like these highlight why ots a good idea to have a dog. They pick up things we dont notice and will alert us, and many dogs will fight if they're family is threatened (except chihuahuas which will change sides faster than an italian in a war).

[@flordeamapolita]

@@arthas640 Ha my neighbor has a tiny obese Chihuahua and there have been a few times eagles have tried to swoop on her. She tried to stand her ground. Thankfully my neighbor was able to save her. It's a weird little area here. In the middle of a city but the amount of bigger wildlife is kind of crazy. Also the amount of homeless that are now camping in the area is somewhat concerning ad well. It's erie to hear a coyote then an argument between homeless as they pass on the trails

[@arthas640]

@@flordeamapolita I'm guessing western washingron or oregon? It's the same here, I live in a small to medium sized city and theres barely touched woods right on the side of the city limits and woods in the city too. Hobos live near the same woods coyotes and deer live in. I love taking my rottweiler with me since coyotes will sometimes attack small or weak looking joggers and small dogs, and homeless occasionally do the same. A few coyotes came fairly close to me once but once it saw that my rottweiler was 3-4x their size and that their numerical superiority didnt scare her they ran off pretty quick, and I've never met a human dumb enough to pick a fight with a rottweiler. I love hiking and it's always nice not having to worry about some nutjob or feral dog out in the woods, or worry about someone breaking into my house at night. Rottweilers are good family dogs too so shes a sweetheart 99% of the time. My roommates chihuahua is a little dumbass though, it tries to pick fights with bigger dogs and tried fighting one of our chickens once too... and lost when the chicken flapped its wings and the chihuahua ran into a bush and nearly strangled itself when its collar got tangled up and it kept pulling until it nearly choked

[@kiralonely1307]

My state has a lot of woods and greenery and stuff. (The Natural State, lol) This story was so eerie. I rarely hear a story that doesn't riff off of old tales and other trends in these communities, like the rules, or old myths like vampires and werewolves and Indigenous tales I won't name out of respect for the culture. (If you say the name of these creatures, it brings them to you, or generally discussing them much, so I'm purposefully being vague. It's not a matter of belief imo with this stuff, but respecting the wishes of those the stories originate from.) I really love the way this was clearly influenced by many stories, but not dependant on their concepts.

[@blindbrad4719]

There's an easy way to combat that feeling when looking at the woods, that's to remember they're staring right back at you

[@arinjaidas1806]

Darwin award of the year goes to this mom right here... Friends show up mysteriously covered in bandages, oozing blood and behaving like zombies. "These people are so funny!"

[@TGPDrunknHick]

she seemed pretty scared of what was going on actually.

[@timonuotio6395]

​@@TGPDrunknHickThat's what I got from this story as well. So No Darwin awards here...

[@mary-janereallynotsarah684]

​@TGPDrunknHick yeah but if I saw mummies walking toward my car I'd speed out of there. She did Jack all to protect her kid.

[@user_J117]

Agreed!!! She was stupid for not protecting her kid ESPECIALLY knowing something was off! She tried to explain it away by thinking they were playing a joke but as soon as he opened the car door and said "I'll drive" she should have either forced him out or not gotten back in the car with them.

[@Dark_Angel..]

You have become my go to narrorator. I find myself choosing to listen to older content rather then choose to watch new ones from other channels. Please finish the rest of "I work at a half priced voodoo shop." Every one that has tried to do it has sucked...😉

[@rocknrollgangster5554]

✔️

[@shashaniejohnson3229]

Lighthouse is everything😍🥰

[@mombradshaw5528]

Right! Me too

[@tylermccleary3304]

He did finish that story I believe! 2 2½hrs videos! I'm in the same situation as you! Only this guy I go to now haha

[@shashaniejohnson3229]

@@mombradshaw5528 everything I do lighthouse is there, if I'm cooking I'm listening cleaning I'm listening washing I'm listening😂🥰 for everything I turned to lighthouse.... Listening to him calms me

[@robertshekels131]

A good candidate for a “Mother of the year” award for being so compliant to the actions of evil.

[@fatpugg3507]

Yeah, she's kinda dense, but probably raise hell over a cup in the sink, 😁

[@tsunfish9443]

I'm not so sure she was being compliant for the hell of it, she seemed more like she was afraid of provoking them, and that she was waiting for an opportunity to catch them by surprise

[@JS-qe4dy]

Seriously.. wtf with the mom .. she should have taken off

[@anthonystarke893]

​@tsunfish9443 she ended up getting back in the car. She could have grabbed her son and ran.

[@sillym3xican]

I'm subscribed to you because you just read the story. No bullshit sponser ads, no reading the names of your patreon members. This really helps when you're in the zone thinking about the story

[@Datwaltuhdawg]

People gotta make a living ig

[@jackalina91]

Wow that’s a different kind of “almost” camping story! It’s a really good distraction- my darling Indy has to have the last cancer operation tomorrow so far she has recovered so amazingly well & I have an excellent vet but if it happens again I really don’t think I can put her through anymore after this. Dogs don’t deserve cancer. All she tries to do is make me happy. Fingers crossed 🤞. Thanks Stephen. ♥️🐕♥️🐕♥️🐕♥️♥️♥️♥️🤞✌️

[@amberfelber1121]

Prayers to u.

[@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934]

I’ll be thinking of your darling and sending good healing thoughts thru the Universe. 🙏🌟😇

[@jackalina91]

@@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934 Thanks for that. She’s everything to me.♥️♥️♥️

[@Jolis_Parsec]

@Jackalina Good luck to you both. May your furry friend have plenty more time for belly rubs and walks in the park together. 🤞

[@daleanguiano6780]

@@jackalina91 I pray for your dog to fight this and win. I hope you both will live more happy and love filled years together.

[@ginamilligan9385]

Oh...just...freaking YIKES! This one was GOOD! Love the ending! Bravo!

[@ryanralston5746]

Fortunately we didn’t all disappear. I’d also like to thank you for pronouncing the name right . Thankyou . Also also my grandfathers name is “Jerry” and my heart skipped a beat when the fathers name was Jared.. Also also also my moms name is Debi

[@use-r1u]

So this is a legit event you went through?

[@blindbrad4719]

As you type with your fingers covered in bandages…

[@TierraSanea87]

So basically this is your family. 😳😭

[@CoriMultipass]

So creepy! Has just the right amount of childhood memory obscurity. I have so many weird memories like this (well, not AS weird obviously) that I'll never know if they actually happened as I remember them. Really great narration!

[@johnbaran577]

YES!!! Steven, man I’m loving these last 7-8 stories so much man thank you brother! All your stuff is top shelf but I’m a huge fan of these out door stories

[@tehwicked1]

Lighthouse, always a pleasure to see one of your videos hit. Thanks for all your incredible work. Best narrator on KZbin, no question. Be well and take care, my friend.

[@yllim3170]

Part 366 of thanking the lighthouse horror for their constant uploads

[@jaketheripper7385]

Well that was all kinds of fuckin' bizzare lol. Another great piece here Lighthouse, and major props to the author for a masterfully written short for sure. I've been so impressed with your narration work here over the past year and a half or so and how much you've grown/developed so quickly, please keep it coming my man!

[@12floz67]

What a killer story and the way you brought it to life is top notch. Very entertaining, thank you!!🍻

[@lucere3674]

This was a fun one, thanks!

[@IcyEmotion]

I know, work of fiction and "without anything happening to the protagonists we would have no story" but a mother not fighting in this situation to save herself and her child while being obducted by something unknown - even if she was thinking it is a bad joke at the beginning - makes me mad... Happy for the ending

[@theninjacalledbasilisk7770]

So chilling! 🥺 And so sad. But your narration is the best I know, Lighthouse! :D I love your work! And I keep coming for more!

[@jasonburns6307]

Check out Chilling Tales For Dark Nights. Great group of narrators.

[@captainamerica6525]

Great! The volume is loud and clear!

[@jackuelyngilbert2399]

Just wanted to say that I love, love, love listening to you tell the stories. You are the best 💞

[@definitelynotboromir]

Lighthouse does the sound of dread in a voice sooo well - really helps the atmosphere 👌

[@timmorey9844]

Very well crafted and presented. I was there from start to finish. Bravo.

[@piercingtheveil7749]

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a GIFT, that is why it is called the PRESENT.

[@TENZEN._.]

I got this one right on time! My friend I’m listening now & i (we) always look forward to your OUTSTANDING videos! Thank you my friend! 🔥👊🤩 This one is intriguing!

[@nancyM1313]

Hi Buddy 🌼😃🌼 Have a great Wednesday Tenzen.

[@TENZEN._.]

@@nancyM1313 Hi, Nacy😄🥰. U2! It’s always so nice ti see you!

[@nonablouin2606]

awesome timing as always Lighthouse 👏 it's a national park story too 😀💙

[@mombradshaw5528]

As usual...Your my first stop of the night..That's 1st out of 6-7 other narrators of every night;) I could listen to your voice forever ♾️

[@loisshaver]

Thank you, lighthouse!

[@candancecarmean770]

I started listening to this story while driving home. I live in the country rural area lots of trees. I had to stop listening and finished it after arriving home and taking care of the horses. I'm Almost 54 years old and got scared by a scary story. Lol. Bravo!!!!!

[@_TP_101]

Thank You! was running out of stories to listen to 😣

[@meghanvoorhees956]

I started following you in August I believe... I am so happy to see since then you have grown 118k subscriber's... Your an amazing narrator and my favorite story channel on KZbin 💜

[@doodleartlover]

Awesome story! You read them like no other... You're amazing and I love your channel!

[@shroompicn-shrooman]

You are my favorite story teller by far .. I'm almost done with every single one of your stores. ✌👽👍

[@DavidOlsen69]

The voice he gives to Mr.Rolston has always been my favourite of his. Its so creepy. If i was talking to somebody and there voice sounded like that id be screaming "serial killer ALERT!!!".

[@kevincaruthers5412]

Stories suffer when main characters do stupid things. There was NO REASON for the mother to let the guy drive. None. This was lazy writing. If the author fixed that bit so the character was not responsible for that action (say the creature hit her over the head and stuffed her in the car and the son was unwilling to leave his mom with the nut job) then this would be pretty good for a short story. That's my opinion. Feel free to ignore it if you wish. Just trying to help.

[@TheMurlocKeeper]

Nah, you're absolutely right. Why were they all covered in bandages? Where did they even come from? None of it makes sense.

[@hiroyui9699]

Absolutely freaking mother of the year.

[@jasonalbran376]

I'm wondering if they took the family's heads. Then the bodies mutanted afterwards. It would explain why the girl was saying she's afraid of sleeping in the woods. Their heads are being kept alive.

[@thischannelisnotaglitch7561]

Thank you, I was just looking for something to listen to while cleaning.

[@harrycarrey5124]

This is literally an episode of Seinfeld. George and his girlfriend are going up to her cabin and Jerry and Elaine were following them and George went to fast and lost them and then they ran into the Bubble Boy.

[@LighthouseHorror]

lol

[@KassKat519]

I’m sorry, but the response of, “baby is for scientific research.” made me bust out laughing 😭😂

[@ArtemisRavencroft]

This gave me chills... both the story and the tone. I used to live near Yellowstone. Definitely don't go near the bears or bison!

[@s3audi2009]

I love me some lighthouse horror stories

[@042mandy]

I'm sorry, friend or relative , no man is gonna force me from the driver seat of my car for any reason. And if they walked up to me covered in weird bandages speaking like that, I wouldn't even let them inside. Great story though!

[@rocknrollgangster5554]

This was really creepy and good been a long time since you brought something like this out

[@DetonadosSpiderHomem]

excited to hear this one just judging from the title

[@corlenajames1381]

Yay! Lighthouse at bedtime😊🥰!

[@mandanamazaheri3710]

Thank you so much for the incredible stories. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@lucere3674]

I was just trying to pick out which story I wanted to listen to!

[@tanishawashington8782]

My first and favorite story is the Pied Piper. I was hooked and I found myself still thinking about it days later.

[@relaxingwhitenoisenatureso1111]

I totally thought this was the Missing Persons Mysteries channel when I saw thew title.

[@rimurutempest4945]

Another one for the National Park/Park Ranger universe

[@kiralonely1307]

This is such a fantastic story, holy shizdiddle. I don't get chills super often from these stories tbh, except for the good ones. This one gave me like 2-3 throughout the story, especially the last words, whew, that's, wow. I love stories that come up with a brand new horror concept like this. It isn't a play on the rules, or even classics like vampires, werewolves, all that, it's just this whole new horror. This one's def gonna sit on my mind for a while after all's said and done. Fantastic narration as well, ty for the wonderful story! I have ADHD and struggle to read these myself, so I'm much appreciative of a good narrator of these sorts of stories. Truly. :)

[@sabrinawoodard5788]

That’s really a great story. I loved it well written!! And awesome job, Stephen

[@lyndellrobinson3611]

Such a good one. Sad but excellent writing and superb 👌 narration.

[@kimouahidy6391]

I’ve been a long time listener and love so many of your uploads. Especially like the one I think it’s called “my family owns a hotel and I think we rented to vampires” or something like that. But I like this one a lot! I’m a fan of longer and very short and to the point stories as well! Just wanted to let you know that I really love your channel! You scare me to sleep every night and I would only ask that you add more or louder thunderstorms in the background. Ty Kim

[@kimarco8764]

I listened to that vampire one. It’s what made me subscribe.

[@muckmanmarvin9033]

One of the most scary ones in a while

[@drew1554]

Damn dude! You mentioned the “song that never ends” and I had to start over because I couldn’t stop singing lol

[@donutpredator4945]

We keep warning y'all about wondering onto predator hunting grounds but here we are 🤣

[@rockspoon6528]

4:20 The protagonist: My mom just wanted to get me to safety! Me: Yo, she left her friends to an unknown fate at the first hint of potential danger...

[@TheHutch82]

Thank you much for the upload my good sir

[@nancyM1313]

Like #35💗👌🏽💗 You know how something silly gets in your head at the wrong time? Here goes ... "RALSTON Purina Co." 😄 okay, got that out there. Lol! - I know this will be a great tale Lighthouse. Congrats on Sub Count🕊🌏🕊

[@itjustmemanning8441]

You always find the best stories. As always it's very well written and your reading is always great. Thank you ❤

[@georgeguzman7050]

You never disappoint thank you for an awesome story and good night

[@TierraSanea87]

Well, this was downright strange. I love it! ✨😌😴👻

[@thejudgmentalcat]

"...over" has never been so creepy 👍

[@jasonalbran376]

Thee fake Ralston's voices reminded me of Other Mr. Bobinski from Coraline after Coraline challenged the Beldam

[@SouthernChills]

Always enjoy listening to stories set in national parks, first found you a few months ago when your story set in the haunted grocery store popped up in my recommended, keep ‘‘em coming.

[@cynicalsenpai]

Always a great night when I get the notification 🔥🙏🏾

[@bobbym4811]

Hello Lighthouse Horror! 👋 It's always a treat to see that you have uploaded a new story. Thanks again!

[@JosieAreSee]

Anyone else hate that they can’t put a face to the spectacular voice?? Lol

[@michelepruitt3145]

LH, So Happy to see you upload! 🥰 I look for you every night! Thanks so much! 🤷‍♀️✌💜👻🐶😹🐢🐾🍄💋👀🙏

[@ObserverEffectX]

Great job.Need more frequent vids though

[@wendymitchell2860]

My favorite! Love this guy's all

[@Prizzlesticks]

Eerier still with no answers or reveal. Spooky chills! Very nice!

[@AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.]

Wow!!! That was fantastic!! Thank You!

[@Auntiehoney217]

Love this channel. Just discovered another great channel "Nature's Temper". Some amazing series

[@casimirgruwel6695]

Love the stranger things art thumb

[@motherwar_87]

that is bizarre AF!!

[@cmbhey8164]

Ok, so who's going to get into a car with 3 mummies? This is too far fetched to even be funny. It almost insulting.

[@jesket6783]

At least the protagonist had the sense to drive back and not continue..I'll say this again..your narrations are superb..

[@biadefaturiyele8600]

See ehhh you this man!! you bring everything yo life for me thanks for making my day better!! I have been binging on your old stories I think I shall continue thanks 😊

[@dianewright5575]

DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!! Nicely done!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@angeliaproffitt]

Wow that was amazing! I absolutely love your stories ❤

[@chickenpotpieyo]

Would’ve peeled off after they got out the van looking weird.

[@jadestone8552]

Me too why stay still with that coming at you!!!!

[@adrienekausner9701]

Great story, and great narration! 💙

[@dragonsnail3298]

I'll drive. Mom: Nope.

[@ashleycolding8417]

I don’t know why everyone is hating on the mom. She wasn’t compliant with evil. She did her best. She even tried to take control of the car even though her son saved her ass it doesn’t mean she went along with what happened otherwise, the car would have been wrecked.

[@DannyCasino]

This is why When I go camping I always always carry my CZ P10F..5 extra mags and my Beretta 1301...tactical Shotgun....it hold 8 rounds of black magic bear slugs they could knock a full grown grizzly bear over.....and I always bring at least 200 shotgun slugs with me and 500 rounds for my handgun...my war vest and belt and everything else you would need for a SHTF event...😅 my wife always says it's over kill but I rather be safe than sorry

[@lShadow426l]

I thought Candy was a small dog, who names their child after an Aaron Carter song

[@gailjenkins9197]

Very freaky story, but I liked it. Good job

[@novanocturn]

Food for the Algorithm Demon’s

[@ShirleeKnott]

here's a second helping for him

[@novanocturn]

@@ShirleeKnott Yes Excellent, feed the Algorithm Demon’s

[@ShirleeKnott]

@@novanocturn and i oftenscroll down while listening to like all comments and replies

[@danimatedo]

Loved this! It's nice to hear something different when everything has been done to death. This managed to creep me out and keep me hooked until the end. Though, did they both hear the voice on the radio or did dude finally lose his marbles? We may never know...

[@lindsey607]

Perfect example of why you should have a firearm, When ever travelling or camping.

[@lookatthatbird]

Stranger things thumbnaillll 💯🔥

[@hdguy5]

Hahahaha I literally came here to comment that 😄

[@cameronechols1810]

These stories are so good. That being said, I think you could make most things sound great.

[@fineagedlime2326]

Throughout the story i questioned my sanity,great stuff mate

[@mendagy]

Great job narrating. Story..not so much. But always a pleasure to listen to this guy!!

[@AzureStar03]

I love the thumbnail. ST4!!

[@theweirdgame2987]

Yes a new scary story

[@Jose_Cuevas]

Cool story

[@TimelessEssence13]

Thank you for yet another fantastic story and narration 🥰